Tag: singapore
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No Utility Model Protection in Singapore, For Now
By Constance Leong 4 April 2016, Singapore. After a recent review and public consultation that ended in December 2015, the Singapore Government again decided not to introduce a utility model system, a system known to facilitate protection of “small” inventions in a cheaper and faster way and for a shorter time period than the traditional…
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Japan’s Towa loses bid to inspect patent infringing product against Singapore’s ASM Technology
By Constance Leong 30 August 2014, Singapore. An application by Japan’s Towa to inspect patent infringing product against Singapore’s ASM Technology has been rejected by the Singapore High Court judge. ASM Technology Singapore Pte Ltd (“ASM”), a Singapore subsidiary of a Hong Kong listed company, has been sued for patent infringement by Japanese company Towa Corporation (“Towa”) in…
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Dr Julia Hörnle on Cross-border Online Dispute Resolution, Online Arbitration, Online Mediation and Online News Sites
By Constance Leong This article was originally published in the October 2013 issue of the Singapore Law Gazette, the official publication of the Law Society of Singapore. 27 October 2013, Singapore. Dr Julia Hörnle, a Professor in Internet Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies of Queen Mary University of London (“QMUL”), School of Law,…
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A Shortcut to Owning a Patent?
By Constance Leong 14 August 2013, Singapore. Novel legal issues have been raised in Energenics Pte Ltd v Musse Singapore Pte Ltd and another suit [2013] SGHCR 21. This case relates to a pending Singapore Patent Application “An apparatus and method for size reduction” (the Patent Application) visà-vis the invention (“the Invention”), filed by a…
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Singapore: Asia’s Emerging Global IP Hub
By Constance Leong 1 April 2013, Singapore. The Singapore Government has plans to develop Singapore as a Global Intellectual Property (IP) Hub in Asia and it knows that any endeavor on such a large scale would be best effected by a Committee of experts. This Committee comprises a banker, lawyers, a university professor, a research…